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27 lines
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## they had gone ##
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"Joab and the commanders had gone"
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## nine months and twenty days ##
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"9 months and 20 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltime]])
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## Then Joab reported the total of the count of the fighting men to the king ##
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"Then Joab told the king the total number of men ready for battle"
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## in Israel ##
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This refers to the the northern tribes of Israel.
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## eight hundred thousand...five hundred thousand ##
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"800,000...500,000"
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## who drew the sword ##
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AT: "who were ready to fight in the army" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## of Judah ##
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This refers to the southern tribe of Judah.
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